Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 12, 2024)

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On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we’ve gathered thebest PC gamesyou can play right now and a running list of the2024 gamesthat are launching this year.

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ August 9Developer:‌ Convict Games

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ August 10Developer:‌ Narko Games

Cat Quest III

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ August 8Developers:‌ The GentlebrosI played Cat Quest 2 with my seven-year-old son and it went down a treat. These games aren’t super complex takes on the action RPG, so they’re great to play with people inexperienced or otherwise indifferent to the genre. As far as I can tell, Cat Quest 3 is more Cat Quest, except now there are boats, pirates, and some deviations into 2D sidelong navigation. If you crank the difficulty up you’re in for a challenging time, of course, but Cat Quest is basically a cosy game with, uh, lots and lots of blood-free killing.

Volgarr the Viking II

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ August 7Developer:‌ Crazy Viking Studios, Digital Eclipse

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I hated the first Volgarr the Viking, in the sense that I loved it but it kicked my arse so hard I felt much, much older after finishing it. So I’m determined not to touch this sequel to the tough as nails 2D platformer. I need to be careful of my heart rate. It looks to be a sequel in the most common sense: it’s similar to the first game just with more stuff. More power-ups, more magic, more baddies. I hope you have huge reserves of patience. I feel angry just thinking about it.

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ August 8Developer:‌ Mega Cat Studios

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